Young Kim eliminates Democrat in California House rematch

Former California MP Young Kim (right) defeated the Democratic representative. Gil CisnerosGilbert (Gil) Ray Cisneros in a 2018 rematch, returning a traditionally red seat to the GOP.

The Associated Press launched the race for Kim on Friday night, 10 days after the election. Kim led Cisneros by just over a percentage point with 99% of constituencies reporting, according to the AP.

Kim joins more than a dozen other Republican women elected to the House this year and will resume a Democrat-held seat for a single term after the Republican retires. Ed RoyceEdward (Ed) Randall Royce Advice to Capitol Hill on Bottom Line Insurance The “ extraordinary rendition ” of a recipient of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, hero of “ Hotel Rwanda ” MORE, which occupied the seat from 1993 to 2019.

Kim’s victory will be a welcome comeback for Republicans in Orange County, who had seen the region go blue, following the state majority.

In 2016, Kim lost her Assembly seat to Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva, an early sign of the changing political tides around Orange County.

The race between Cisneros and Kim has become heated at times, with campaigns exchanging accusations of hypocrisy, especially over healthcare and past statements by Kim downplaying the importance of the Latin vote.

Polls during the race put Cisneros and Kim in a bind, although the model of political scoring site FiveThirtyEight favored a Cisneros victory.